Recording and advertising device



March 4, 1930. F. wlDoE l RECORDING AND ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed March22, 1929 i m3 4 83 o v @L ..2 TH iv l@ {Vi/H Fwd Wdoe A'. t/rttomegPatented Mar. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT lOFFICE FRED WIDOE, OF OMAHA,NEBRASKA RECORDING AND ADVERTISING DEVICE Application filed March 22.,1929. Serial No. 349,210.

required when approximately five hundred miles have been driven toprevent undue wearing of the bearings, and various recording devicesmore or less eliicient have been employed and carried by the automobileas a rej minder to the driver so that relubrication will l'ao not beneglected.`

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a recording devicewhich may be readily and conveniently adjusted for indicating apredetermined distance. Another object is to provide a device for thepurpose described which may be produced at a nominal expense, may bequickly adjusted and carried in a car.

The invention includes a device adapted for advertising, andis ofparticular advantage in this respect since it may exhibit the name of aproducer of oils and gasoline for holding and extending trade toconsumers, the latter being benefited by use of the device. Y

While the recording and advertising 'device may be used for otherpurpose it has been found t0 be 0f particular advantage for the usesmentioned. It is so inexpensive in manufacture that it is furnished freeto car owners by dealers in oil and gasoline.

With the foregoing objects in view the invention presents a new anduseful construction, combination and arrangement of parts as describedherein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing,where- 1n,-

Fig. l is a view of the front side ofthe device when folded. Fig. 2 is arear view of the same, the elastic loops being` removed and the devicebeing inverted. Fig. 3 is a view of the inner sides of the device whenunfolded. Fig. 4t is a view showing one of the sides of a recordingstrip. Fig. 5 illustrates the reverse side of the strip shown in Fig.t.`

Referringy now to the drawing for a more particular description, Iprovide a front leaf 6 and a rear leaf 7 each being provided midwaybetween the side-edges with an aperture 8.

As shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing the two leaves mentioned are joinedand may be folded on the dotted line to dispose the apertures 8 inregister and may be pressed against each other by elastic bands 9 shownin Fig. l, the apertures 8 being of advantage to permit the device to behung upon a hook (not shown) upon the dash board or other part of anautomobile convenient for inspection. However the leaves 6 and 7 ifdesired may consist of separate cards corresponding in size and form andmay be held together by the elastic bands mentioned with said apertures8 in register. Notches m are formed in the edges of the leaves forreceiving the bands 9.

n the use of the device the leaves 6 and 7 are normally disposed withtheir inner sides in engagement and the front and rear sides whendisposed in folded relation, are used for inspection and adjustments,and it will be understood that the device when inspected is disposed inthe position shown in Fig. l of the drawing and that, when adjustmentsare to be made, the end of the device provided with apertures 8 is swungtoward the operator, and lwhen the device has been swung approximately ahalf circle in the direction mentioned the parts upon the rear side maybe inspected or adj usted.

Numerals 10 indicate fiexible strips each provided with numerals l1 onone of its sides and numerals 12 on its opposite side, the numerals l2,of course, being inverted relative tothe numerals 11 so that they willappear in upright readable positions after the device has been inverted.

Thev leaf 7 isincised to provide a pair of rows of slots 13 and a pairof rows of slots lll, these slots being formed transversely of the leaf,and disposed approximately parallel with reference to each other, andthreaded in ythe slots of the rows 13 and lll are the strips 10, andwhile only four strips are shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, for recordinga distance less than 10,00() miles, it is obvious that a greater numberof strips could be employed, if desired, and operation would be thesame.

A window is formed in the leaf 6, said Aio window being provided by useof apertures 15, these being disposed in alignment transversely of saidleaf, the distance of these apertures from each other corresponding tothe distance apart of the strips 10, and it will be understood thatthese strips may have sliding movements in their slots to register anydesired number less than 10,000 to'indicate the number of miles traveledor to be traveled, said number appearing at the apertures 15.

The flexible slide-strips gently resist. sliding movements through theirslots, but by grasping an end-portion of a stripwith a thumb and finger,an operator may readily adjust thel strips for registration of saidnumbers, and on account of the construction described the particularnumber registered by use of the strips 10 will appear at the apertures'15.

Numeral 16 indicates a sight-,line which is disposed transversely acrossthe leaf 7 said linebeing for use of the operator and disposed closelyadjacent to and at-right angles to the rows 14 of slots.

Operation of the device will now be described, and for this descriptionit is assumed that the lubricant should be changed for each 500 miles oftravel. At the time the driver replenishesk his car with a lubricant,and assuming that the speedometer registers 7154 miles he, by moving theslidestrips, causes the number 7 654 to appear upon the leaf 7 adjacentto the sight-line 16 and, as described, this last named number will alsoappear at the apertures 15.

The device is then placed where it may be compared with the numbersrecorded by the speedometer-,to serve as a warning or reminder, and whenthe number of miles recorded by the speedometerequals the nurnberexhibited by the device, the driver will know that a new lubricantshould be sup# plied.

Numeral 17 indicates a spacereserved for the use of advertising, thisbeing animportant feature, and being for the use of a producer or dealerof oils, greases and gasoline as explained.

Whie I have shown and described details of construction as oneembodiment of the invention, I do not wish to limit myself in thisrespect, and changes may be made in form, size, proportion of parts andminor details, said changes kbeing determined by the scope of theinvention as claimed.

Since a part of each flexible strip is disposed bet-Ween the leaves itis necessary that identical numerals atthe respective sides of a stripshall be disposed in planes adjacent to each other as shown in Figs. tand of the drawing. For instance, the numeral 7 exhibited at the windowshown in Fig. 1 because that side of the flexible strip exhibiting saidnumeral is disposed between the leaves, and the correspondingvnumeral 7on the opposite side of the flexible strip is exhibited, as shown in 2,since it is disposed in an adjacent plane.

I claim as my invention,-

1. In a device for the purposes described, a leaf having a window, asecond leaf pressed against the first leaf and provided with slots, aplurality of exible approximately parallel strips each bearing numeralson its opposed sides Vand disposed on the second Vleaf with partsthereof engaging in said slots to exhibit a Vselected numeral on thesecond leaf and to exhibit a corresponding numeral at said window.

2. In a device for the purposes described,

a leaf having a window, a second leaf having slots arranged in pairstransversely thereof and pressed against the first named leaf, aplurality of fiexible stripsbearing numerals on their respective sides,the numerals on one of saidsides corresponding Vto the numerals upon theother side, each strip .being disposed on thesecond'leaf to exhibit aselected numeral and having a part disposed between said leaves toexhibit a numeral atsaid window. n,

V3. In a device for the purposes described,

a leaf provided with a window,l a second leaf in engagement with thefirst named leaf, a plurality of strips each bearing numerals on itsopposed sides and having parts disposed on the outer side of the secondleaf to exhibit a selected numeral and having a part disposed onythe'inner side of the second leaf to exhibit a numeral, corresponding tosaid selected numeral, at said window.

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4. In a device for the purposes described,

lected numeral and having a part disposed between the leaves to exhibita numeral corresponding to saidselected numeral at said window.

5. In a device for the purposes described,

a leaf having a window, a second leaf pressed' against the first namedleaf, a plurality of fiexible strips each having numerals on one of itssides and provided on its opposite side with inverted secondary numeralscorresponding to said first named numerals, each strip having a partdisposed on the second Iiai leaf for exhibiting aselected numeral andhaving a part disposed between said leaves for exhibiting a numeralcorresponding to said selected numeral yat said window.'

6. In a device for the purposes described,

a leaf providedwith a window, a second leaf pressed against the firstnamed leaf, a pluyrality of flexible strips provided on their opposedsides with numerals, each strip hav-V ing a 4part disposed on the secondleaf to exhibit a selected numeral and having a part disposed betweensaid leaves to exhibit a numeral corresponding to said selected numeralat said window, said leaves being provided with apertures adapted to bedisposed in register relative to each other.

7 In a device for the purposes described, Y a leaf having a window, asecond leaf pro- A vided with a sight-line transversely thereof,

a plurality of flexible strips each bearing 10 numerals on its opposedsides and 'movable on the second leaf at right-angles to the sight-lineto exhibit a selected numeral closely adjacent to said line and having apart disposed between said leaves to exhibit a numeral corresponding tosaid selected nurieral at the window of said first named lea Intestimony whereof, I have affixed my signature.

s FRED WIDOE.

